THE 150TH ON CBSSN It’s a good thing my wife Betty isn’t a sports fan because she wouldn’t be able to watch the 150th Lafayette-Lehigh game on our set on Nov. 22. You’d think that by bundling cable, internet and telephone, as we do with Service Electric, we’d be entitled to some kind of “bonus” – like, maybe, Service Electric’s Ultimate Digital package. CBS Sports Network, which will televise the game, is on the Ultimate Digital package. But that costs an extra $12.99 per month. I used to pay $18.95 extra per month for SECTV’s high definition stuff, but no more. If you have that, you can get CBSSN. I asked Gary...

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